Firstborn (Time Odyssey)
by Arthur C. Clarke, Stephen Baxter
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Author: Arthur C. Clarke, Stephen BaxterEdition: Mass Market Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2008-10-28
ISBN: 0345491580
Number of pages: 416
Publisher: Del Rey
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Book Review: A Vehicle for Pet Ideas
Summary: 2 Stars
And these pet ideas are the only things that make this book worth reading, bringing what could have been a promising series to its sadly weak conclusion. 19 years after the events of "Sunstorm," Bisesa Dutt is retrieved from hibernation by her daughter, now a grown woman with issues, who has thrown in with a nebulous "spacer" organization whose designs on Bisesa Dutt are never quite clear. Dutt's daughter doesn't know what they're after either, yet she goes along with it anyway. ???? (this is a sentence) Next they are on a space elevator, one of Clarke's grand ideas from yesteryear brought back to overwhelming life during a three-week-long journey into space in which Bisesa shares close confines with her daughter and a spacer. Why are they on this journey? The spacer won't say, yet Bisesa, the hard-charging heroine, agrees to the trip anyway--as uncomfortable and odiferous as it becomes--without explanation. ????(another sentence) During their journey, however, the space elevator is described in detail down to the width of its carbon nanotubes.
Next they are on a light ship bound for Mars, in another long journey. Why? The spacer won't say. Yet Bisesa continues to go along with it. ???? (you see the pattern) Along the way, the light ship is described down to its movable cabin walls--you could practically use this novel to build your own.
Now they're on Mars fleeing the authorities. Why? Still don't know, but the reader gets a description of Mars akin to Kim Stanley Robinson.
No need to go on, just continue with this theme to the conclusion of the book, which is as enigmatic and incomprehensible as 2001: A Space Odyssey.
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